AU-11: Audit Record Retention
Control Family:
CSF v1.1 References:
Baselines:
- Low
- AU-11
- Moderate
- AU-11
- High
- AU-11
Next Version:
- NIST Special Publication 800-53 Revision 5:
- AU-11: Audit Record Retention
Control Statement
The organization retains audit records for [Assignment: organization-defined time period consistent with records retention policy] to provide support for after-the-fact investigations of security incidents and to meet regulatory and organizational information retention requirements.
Supplemental Guidance
Organizations retain audit records until it is determined that they are no longer needed for administrative, legal, audit, or other operational purposes. This includes, for example, retention and availability of audit records relative to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, subpoenas, and law enforcement actions. Organizations develop standard categories of audit records relative to such types of actions and standard response processes for each type of action. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) General Records Schedules provide federal policy on record retention.
Control Enhancements
AU-11(1): Long-Term Retrieval Capability
Baseline(s):
The organization employs [Assignment: organization-defined measures] to ensure that long-term audit records generated by the information system can be retrieved.